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It's one of our greatest blessings as Christians to receive pardon for sin, even great sin:

Pardon for Sin — China Institute “For Your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great” (Psalm 25:11). 

What are God's ways? How are they different from our ways?

God's Ways — China Institute “All the paths of the LORD are mercy [steadfast love] and truth [faithfulness], to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies” (Psalm 25:10). 

God is so gracious to give guidance to stumbling sinners when they ask in humility:

Guidance for - Sinners! — China Institute “Good and upright is the LORD; therefore, He teaches sinners in the way. The humble he guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way” (Psalm 25:8-9). 

Dr. Doyle has labored to provide doctrinal and ethical notes on much of the Word of God, and he has finished the book of Hebrews recently. You can find these helpful and devotional notes on the New Testament on the CI website here:

Truth and Life - Part II: New Testament — China Institute Truth and Life: Doctrinal and Ethical Notes on the Bible grew out of a study that I did with several men over a period of three-and-a-half years. We asked two questions of each passage:

Maybe the most important kind of wisdom we need from God is simply a better heart knowledge of who he is and how he works:

"Global" Wisdom — China Institute “Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day” (Psalm 25:4-5). 

David speaks to so many of our common experiences in the psalms, and this week's contemplation of loneliness and desolation is no exception:

A Cry of Desolation — China Institute “Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate [lonely] and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses! Look on my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred” (Psal...

The lives of Chinese Christians can inspire us to deeper faith and commitment to Christ. Read about Allen Yuan here:

A Living Sacrifice: The Life Story of Allen Yuan - Book Review (Revisited) — Global China Center In her epilogue, the author writes, “The main purpose for writing this book was to get to know a man—an ordinary man who nevertheless magnified the grace of God…. Another purpose … was to record the history of a crucial period in the development of the history of the Church in China.” In m...

Do you pray for your enemies or for those who have hurt you?

Thanksgiving — China Institute “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy [lovingkindness, steadfast love] endures forever” (Psalm 107:1). 

Part of the work of our organization is to highlight the scholarship within the world of Chinese Christianity. Various authors review pertinent books and post those reviews on our website. This is an excellent way to interact with books and authors with whom we may not be familiar and which will be of great use in our own Christian walk and prayer life. Check back regularly to see what reviews have been posted (or revisited) on our website(s)!

Chinese Christianity: An Interplay between Global and Local Perspectives - Book Review (Revisited) — Global China Center This volume contains papers written by Peter Ng over a period of fifteen years, presented in chronological order of publication with the purpose of illustrating his own intellectual journey, especially regarding the concept of Chinese indigenous Christianity, and the re-discovery of local Christiani

Are we able to see grief as "good"? And what does that mean?

Good Grief — China Institute “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes. . . It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (Psalm 119:67-68, 71).